mescal

Other forms of mescal

plural

mescals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mescal

What does mescal mean?

mescal means "a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mescal?

mescal has 2 syllables: me-scal. The stress falls on "me".

What is another word for mescal?

Close synonyms include mezcal, peyote, Lophophora williamsii. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mescal a common word?

mescal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.